The Struga Poetry Evenings 2009 will be held from August 20th – 23rd , 2009, in Struga, Republic of Macedonia.
Symposium
Every year there is a symposium organised at the festival.
This year the topic of the Symposium is Poetry and Music.
You can view the theses for the Symposium.
Award winners for 2009
The Golden wreath award winner for 2009 is:
Tomaž Šalamun (Slovenia)
The winner of of the award for young poet provided by UNESCO and the Struga Poetry Evenings is:
Ousmane Sarr-Sarrouss (Senegal)
You can read the address by Tomaž Šalamun on receiving the news of being awarded the “Golden Wreath” here.
